sketches Tag

I never know when I might have a few spare moments and be inspired to sketch, so I carry a small hardcover sketchbook in the pocket of my winter coat. For the next few months wherever I go I'll be ready when the sketching bug bites. Here's a few of the newest faces from its pages: ...

Lately I've been blessed with gobs of freelance work, but one of the downsides is that I'm so busy cranking out work for clients that my sketchbook has been gathering dust. Not a good thing. A sketchbook is an important part of any artist's development, no matter how busy or successful he/she gets. The sketchbook is the one place where you can...

Here's another project I can finally let out of the bag. A large regional company is in the process of rebranding itself and expanding its market base. I was hired by an ad agency to help develop an updated version of this company's current mascot. After a couple of rounds of sketches the company decided to go in another direction...

Here's a few recent doodles from my sketchbook, including an attempt at caricaturing Norm Peterson from Cheers. (Caricature is not my strong suit.)...

I've just come off of a long, crazy stretch of freelance projects, so today was the first time in a long time I was able to kick back and enjoy noodling around in the ol' sketchbook. The top sketches are warm-up doodles and the bottom three are sketches from magazine photos. Ideally I'd like to spend at least a half hour...

If you've attended a comic book convention in the last few years, you may have noticed the "sketchbook craze" spreading through the art world. Comic book and animation artists will assemble dozens of personal sketches, have them made into booklets at Kinko's, and sell them at conventions and other events. I've been to Comic-Con twice in the last five years...